Feed It to the Cows

Updated Aug. 23, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

David Rogers's Aug. 16 article "Corn-Cattle-Ethanol 'Machine' Needs U.S." needs some more explanation to justify using one million bushels of corn per year at $2.62 per bushel (today's corn futures) to produce 20,000 gallons of ethanol per year worth no more than $1 per gallon to mix with gasoline. Why not take all that methane and generate electricity and feed the corn to the cows and save the $65.6 million investment to just go around in circles accomplishing little else. A crop circle or two would be more interesting...